The benefits of ecotherapy
What is ecotherapy? What are its benefits? Find answers to these and other questions about ecotherapy on the project website of our Eco-Therapy project.
Sabine Wiemann
Critical Balance – Learn about: Wibke wirre Welt
Wibke wirre Welt is an educational game created by the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. It takes the player to a video scenario, where he/she gets to manipulate the title character in becoming an ever-more extreme believer in conspiracy theories, while…
Care4Carers – How to Prepare for Job Interview
Are you having your first job interview after a longer break from, work (e.g. due to caregiving)? This post is dedicated to you! We provide you some tips to prepare your job interview, meeting your personal and familiar needs.…
Critical Balance – Factchecking Sites in Germany
Most German media have nowadays launched their own factchecking services. Here are some of the main ones: CORRECTIV – Recherchen für die Gesellschaft Faktenchecks der Deutschen Presseagentur mimikama – Verein zur Aufklärung von Internetmissbrauch – The initiative…
Care4Carers – Reconciling Work and Care
A new study from Ireland pours more light onto the strategies family career use to reconcile their professional and caring responsibilities. Despite the value placed on work by family carers, if it comes to choosing between the roles of…
SASSI LLC – Why Older Entrepreneurs are More Successful?
Did you know? Many people over 50 feel starting an own business can be challenging. However, there are some unique factors that make older entrepreneurs some of the most successful ones. Read more here: Older Founders: 5 Reasons Why 50-Something…
CPD in Bordeaux coming soon
The COOL project will conduct a training course with 18 professionals from the partner institutions. The COOL course “Facilitators for Open Learning” will be held from 17.-20. October 2022 in Bordeaux. The programme is very varied and includes inputs on…
Care4Carers – WHO Factsheet
The World Health Organisation recently published a factsheet on the impact of care on carers’ health and well-being. Some of the highlights include: Most long-term care in Europe is provided by unpaid informal caregivers Women are overrepresented among caregivers…
Care4Carers – Reentering Work after Care
What if we considered informal care as a work experience that provides many opportunities to acquire job relevant skills and transfer them to the future job? This article published on Forbes focuses on key skills that informal carers are…
NGO Managers speak up: Why leaders MATTER! – V
And this is the last quote in our series of quotes from managers of the not-for-profit sectors about their competences and about the importance of a project such as IMAGES, which supports leaders of associations in managerial skills. If there…